Hialeah Gardens

Miami Beach police officer dies following motorcycle crash on I-75

A Miami Beach police motorman has died following a crash on Interstate 75 in Hialeah Gardens.

Miami-Dade corrections holds road rage shooting suspect without bond

A 31-year-old man surrendered to deputies on Tuesday and appeared in court on Wednesday over a road rage shooting back in September in Miami-Dade County, records show.

Detectives force way into home in Hialeah Gardens; arrest 1 suspect

Armed detectives surrounded a home Tuesday night in Hialeah Gardens.

Deadly crash shuts down Palmetto Expressway near Okeechobee Road

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly crash that shut down the Palmetto Expressway in the Hialeah Gardens area Wednesday afternoon.

1 hospitalized after car fire leads to shutdown on Turnpike SB in Hialeah Gardens

A car fire Wednesday morning led to all southbound lanes being closed on Florida’s Turnpike in Hialeah Gardens.

Boy, 14, found safe after being reported missing from Hialeah Gardens

Authorities issued a missing child alert Tuesday for a 14-year-old boy from Hialeah Gardens.

‘He is biting my cat!’: Cops say felon stole feline from Hialeah Gardens woman

A 39-year-old man with a history of felony convictions in Polk County is now facing charges in South Florida after authorities said he snatched a Hialeah Gardens woman’s cat and announced he had ill intentions for the innocent feline.

Hialeah Gardens man jailed after officer discovers children in deplorable conditions, cops say

A Sunday night complaint about a noisy dog led a Hialeah Gardens police officer to find something much more serious, authorities say: Two children living in a feces-filled and roach-infested home.

Corrections moves teen accused of 3 bomb threats to Miami-Dade adult detention

A 17-year-old boy accused of making three bomb threats affecting a school and a police department was in jail with adults on Thursday in Miami-Dade County, records show.

Hialeah Gardens body shop owner threatened to shoot contractor for going to lunch, cops say

A Hialeah Gardens body shop owner was enraged after a contractor left for lunch after he had been paid, leading the businessman to issue multiple threats ― and leading to his jailing on a felony charge Wednesday, according to police.

Pedestrian airlifted after crash in Hialeah Gardens

Medics airlifted a pedestrian to Jackson Memorial Hospital after a crash in Hialeah Gardens on Friday morning.

Hialeah Gardens woman accused of abusing daughter because girl ‘ate all of her food’

A 37-year-old woman from Hialeah Gardens was arrested last week after she physically abused her daughter, authorities said.

It wasn’t extra toppings: South Florida Subway ordered shut after rodent droppings found

Several restaurants across Florida were ordered to shut down last week by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation due to serious health violations, including rodent and roach activity.

Hialeah Gardens man killed spouse by firebombing vehicle, authorities say

A Hialeah Gardens man is accused of killing his spouse by blowing up their vehicle.

Hialeah Gardens woman charged with DUI manslaughter after crash into lake kills passenger

Authorities arrested a senior exactly one month after a deadly New Year’s Eve crash at her Hialeah Gardens condominium complex. Investigators said she was drunk behind the wheel when she drove into a lake, killing her passenger.

Semi-trailer truck catches fire at loading dock in Hialeah Gardens

Miami-Dade firefighters responded to parked semi-trucks on fire on Wednesday in Hialeah Gardens.

Motorcyclist airlifted after crash in Hialeah Gardens

A motorcyclist was airlifted to a trauma center early Tuesday morning following a crash involving a car in Hialeah Gardens, according to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.

Tech detects Hialeah Gardens school zone speeders, fines 11.5K not stopping with Miami-Dade school buses

In one day, 565 drivers ignored reduce-speed flashing lights in a high school zone and 340 in elementary and middle school zones.

DeSantis signs law ensuring accurate teaching of communism’s ‘evil’ history in Florida schools

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 1264 on the 63rd anniversary of the “Bay of Pigs” which will now require Florida public schools to educate students on the history and “evil accuracies” of communism and socialism.

Police: Hialeah Gardens man had ‘hundreds’ of child sex abuse videos; some victims under 4

An investigation involving the U.S. Secret Service led detectives to discover “hundreds” of child sexual abuse videos on an online account associated with a Hialeah Gardens man, according to an arrest report. Miami-Dade police said some of the victims shown in the clips were “under the age of 4.”

Woman tried to burn down Bob Graham’s childhood home in Hialeah Gardens, police say

A 37-year-old woman is facing two felony charges after trying to burn down the historic childhood home of a Florida political icon, according to Miami-Dade police.

Hialeah Gardens man ran up to woman and ‘aggressively grabbed her vagina,’ cops say

Police arrested a Hialeah Gardens man on a charge of lewd and lascivious battery Friday after they said that they received a call that he was “inappropriately touching random women,” grabbing one of them by her genitals.

Man busted selling 40 pounds of illegal horse meat in Hialeah Gardens, cops say

A horse meat sting in a Hialeah Gardens Home Depot parking lot led to the arrest of a Miami Lakes man on a felony charge Wednesday, according to police.

Man accused of taking estranged wife’s dog, torching Hialeah Gardens apartment

Police arrested a northwest Miami-Dade man Monday on multiple felony charges, including two counts of attempted murder, after they said he purposely set multiple fires in a Hialeah Gardens apartment where his estranged wife was staying — and took her dog.

Police arrest 2 men in connection to jewelry store safe theft

Authorities didn't take long to track down the assailants behind a high-priced heist at a Miami-Dade jewelry store.

Police: Hialeah men used ruse to steal truckloads of gum, chocolate, Red Bull, tuna

Two Hialeah men posed as truck drivers in order steal a diverse array of goods from at least four warehouses in Miami-Dade County, according to police.

Firefighters respond to Hialeah Gardens fire

Firefighters responded to a rubbish fire on Thursday morning in Hialeah Gardens.

Hialeah Gardens witness sees right through Coral Gables woman’s insurance fraud plot, police say

A 62-year-old Coral Gables woman was telling a police officer all about how she backed her black Mercedes-Benz into a pickup truck in Hialeah Gardens. But police say an alert witness helped them uncover her insurance scam.

Miami-Dade police sergeant released from hospital following 2-vehicle Hialeah Gardens crash

A Miami-Dade police officer and a civilian were injured in a crash Thursday morning in Hialeah Gardens, authorities confirmed.

Murder suspect transferred to Miami-Dade jail after being located in Hendry County

A Hialeah Gardens murder suspect was transferred to Miami-Dade’s Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center Wednesday after he was located last month in Hendry County.

Hialeah Gardens drive-by shooting leaves man dead, authorities say

Police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead in Hialeah Gardens on Friday evening, authorities say.

Police: Hialeah Gardens man had home set ablaze to avoid losing deposit

Miami-Dade police arrested a Hialeah Gardens man Thursday after accusing him of having a home he was contracted to purchase set on fire in order to avoid losing his deposit.

Mobile home erupts in flames in Hialeah Gardens

A fire erupted inside a mobile home in Hialeah Gardens Saturday morning.

Detectives catch fugitive: How black market operation was able to sell cheap fuel

AT&T driver in critical condition after road rage shooting on Okeechobee Road

One person was airlifted to a nearby trauma center after being shot along West Okeechobee Road, according to officials with Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.

Hialeah Gardens cop accused of credit card fraud, pawning service pistol, AR-15

A Hialeah Gardens police officer faces several charges after police accused him of fraudulently using a fellow officer’s credit card and pawning his department-issued service weapons, including a Glock pistol and an AR-15 rifle.

1 airlifted after tractor-trailer, dump truck collide in Hialeah Gardens

According to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, the crash happened just after 3 p.m. at the intersection of Northwest 138th Street and West Okeechobee Road.

Man accused of killing animals with a pellet gun in Hialeah Gardens

A man used a pellet gun to kill ducks, iguanas, dogs, ibises, and other animals in Hialeah Gardens, police said.

State senator from Miami-Dade to become Florida’s 1st Hispanic education commissioner

State Sen. Manny Diaz, Jr., of Hialeah Gardens, is the first Hispanic to be appointed to Commissioner of Education in Florida’s history, the Florida Department of Education announced Friday.

Corrections officer faces charges for contraband, soliciting murder

An undercover operation resulted in the Monday arrest in Miami-Dade County of a correctional officer who investigators accused of soliciting murder and moving contraband — including a gun and cocaine.

Man accused of shooting girlfriend, her son to appear before judge

A Hialeah Gardens man who is accused of killing his girlfriend and injuring her teenage son in a shooting last week is expected to appear before a Miami-Dade County judge on Thursday.

Police: Man shoots girlfriend, her son before turning gun on himself

Miami-Dade police are investigating a domestic-related shooting that left one woman dead in Hialeah Gardens.

Do The Right Thing awardee: ‘When he showed me the gun, he said, ‘You better not snitch!’'

Héctor Terán was at Lamar Louise Curry Middle School near Miami-Dade County’s Kendall West neighborhood when a student was armed with a gun.

1 dead, 2 injured during chain reaction crash involving school bus in Hialeah Gardens

A school bus was involved in a fatal multi-vehicle crash on Tuesday afternoon in Hialeah Gardens.

DeSantis, House GOP Leader McCarthy pressure Biden to do more for Cuba

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy said they “will not back down” as they push for democracy in Cuba and throughout Latin America.

Man faces charges in work-related bus stop shooting killing 1, injuring 2

Roland Deus Day told detectives that he shot at his co-workers — killing a 21-year-old man — because someone was stealing his marijuana and they had laughed at him, according to an arrest report that the Miami-Dade Police Department released on Friday.